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  135. .IX Title "OPENSSL-PKEY 1ossl"
  136. .TH OPENSSL-PKEY 1ossl "2025-06-29" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. openssl\-pkey \- public or private key processing command
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. \&\fBopenssl\fR \fBpkey\fR
  146. [\fB\-help\fR]
  147. [\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR]
  148. [\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR]
  149. [\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR]
  150. [\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR]
  151. [\fB\-check\fR]
  152. [\fB\-pubcheck\fR]
  153. [\fB\-in\fR \fIfilename\fR|\fIuri\fR]
  154. [\fB\-inform\fR \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR|\fB\s-1PEM\s0\fR|\fBP12\fR|\fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR]
  155. [\fB\-passin\fR \fIarg\fR]
  156. [\fB\-pubin\fR]
  157. [\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR]
  158. [\fB\-outform\fR \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR|\fB\s-1PEM\s0\fR]
  159. [\fB\-\f(BIcipher\fB\fR]
  160. [\fB\-passout\fR \fIarg\fR]
  161. [\fB\-traditional\fR]
  162. [\fB\-pubout\fR]
  163. [\fB\-noout\fR]
  164. [\fB\-text\fR]
  165. [\fB\-text_pub\fR]
  166. [\fB\-ec_conv_form\fR \fIarg\fR]
  167. [\fB\-ec_param_enc\fR \fIarg\fR]
  168. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  169. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  170. This command processes public or private keys. They can be
  171. converted between various forms and their components printed.
  172. .SH "OPTIONS"
  173. .IX Header "OPTIONS"
  174. .SS "General options"
  175. .IX Subsection "General options"
  176. .IP "\fB\-help\fR" 4
  177. .IX Item "-help"
  178. Print out a usage message.
  179. .IP "\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR" 4
  180. .IX Item "-engine id"
  181. See \*(L"Engine Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1).
  182. This option is deprecated.
  183. .IP "\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  184. .IX Item "-provider name"
  185. .PD 0
  186. .IP "\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  187. .IX Item "-provider-path path"
  188. .IP "\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR" 4
  189. .IX Item "-propquery propq"
  190. .PD
  191. See \*(L"Provider Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1), \fBprovider\fR\|(7), and \fBproperty\fR\|(7).
  192. .IP "\fB\-check\fR" 4
  193. .IX Item "-check"
  194. This option checks the consistency of a key pair for both public and private
  195. components.
  196. .IP "\fB\-pubcheck\fR" 4
  197. .IX Item "-pubcheck"
  198. This option checks the correctness of either a public key
  199. or the public component of a key pair.
  200. .SS "Input options"
  201. .IX Subsection "Input options"
  202. .IP "\fB\-in\fR \fIfilename\fR|\fIuri\fR" 4
  203. .IX Item "-in filename|uri"
  204. This specifies the input to read a key from
  205. or standard input if this option is not specified.
  206. If the key input is encrypted and \fB\-passin\fR is not given
  207. a pass phrase will be prompted for.
  208. .IP "\fB\-inform\fR \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR|\fB\s-1PEM\s0\fR|\fBP12\fR|\fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR" 4
  209. .IX Item "-inform DER|PEM|P12|ENGINE"
  210. The key input format; unspecified by default.
  211. See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
  212. .IP "\fB\-passin\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
  213. .IX Item "-passin arg"
  214. The password source for the key input.
  215. .Sp
  216. For more information about the format of \fBarg\fR
  217. see \fBopenssl\-passphrase\-options\fR\|(1).
  218. .IP "\fB\-pubin\fR" 4
  219. .IX Item "-pubin"
  220. By default a private key is read from the input.
  221. With this option a public key is read instead.
  222. If the input contains no public key but a private key, its public part is used.
  223. .SS "Output options"
  224. .IX Subsection "Output options"
  225. .IP "\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  226. .IX Item "-out filename"
  227. This specifies the output filename to save the encoded and/or text output of key
  228. or standard output if this option is not specified.
  229. If any cipher option is set but no \fB\-passout\fR is given
  230. then a pass phrase will be prompted for.
  231. The output filename should \fBnot\fR be the same as the input filename.
  232. .IP "\fB\-outform\fR \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR|\fB\s-1PEM\s0\fR" 4
  233. .IX Item "-outform DER|PEM"
  234. The key output format; the default is \fB\s-1PEM\s0\fR.
  235. See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
  236. .IP "\fB\-\f(BIcipher\fB\fR" 4
  237. .IX Item "-cipher"
  238. Encrypt the \s-1PEM\s0 encoded private key with the supplied cipher. Any algorithm
  239. name accepted by \fBEVP_get_cipherbyname()\fR is acceptable such as \fBaes128\fR.
  240. Encryption is not supported for \s-1DER\s0 output.
  241. .IP "\fB\-passout\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
  242. .IX Item "-passout arg"
  243. The password source for the output file.
  244. .Sp
  245. For more information about the format of \fBarg\fR
  246. see \fBopenssl\-passphrase\-options\fR\|(1).
  247. .IP "\fB\-traditional\fR" 4
  248. .IX Item "-traditional"
  249. Normally a private key is written using standard format: this is PKCS#8 form
  250. with the appropriate encryption algorithm (if any). If the \fB\-traditional\fR
  251. option is specified then the older \*(L"traditional\*(R" format is used instead.
  252. .IP "\fB\-pubout\fR" 4
  253. .IX Item "-pubout"
  254. By default the private and public key is output;
  255. this option restricts the output to the public components.
  256. This option is automatically set if the input is a public key.
  257. .Sp
  258. When combined with \fB\-text\fR, this is equivalent to \fB\-text_pub\fR.
  259. .IP "\fB\-noout\fR" 4
  260. .IX Item "-noout"
  261. Do not output the key in encoded form.
  262. .IP "\fB\-text\fR" 4
  263. .IX Item "-text"
  264. Output the various key components in plain text
  265. (possibly in addition to the \s-1PEM\s0 encoded form).
  266. This cannot be combined with encoded output in \s-1DER\s0 format.
  267. .IP "\fB\-text_pub\fR" 4
  268. .IX Item "-text_pub"
  269. Output in text form only the public key components (also for private keys).
  270. This cannot be combined with encoded output in \s-1DER\s0 format.
  271. .IP "\fB\-ec_conv_form\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
  272. .IX Item "-ec_conv_form arg"
  273. This option only applies to elliptic-curve based keys.
  274. .Sp
  275. This specifies how the points on the elliptic curve are converted
  276. into octet strings. Possible values are: \fBcompressed\fR (the default
  277. value), \fBuncompressed\fR and \fBhybrid\fR. For more information regarding
  278. the point conversion forms please read the X9.62 standard.
  279. \&\fBNote\fR Due to patent issues the \fBcompressed\fR option is disabled
  280. by default for binary curves and can be enabled by defining
  281. the preprocessor macro \fB\s-1OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP\s0\fR at compile time.
  282. .IP "\fB\-ec_param_enc\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
  283. .IX Item "-ec_param_enc arg"
  284. This option only applies to elliptic curve based public and private keys.
  285. .Sp
  286. This specifies how the elliptic curve parameters are encoded.
  287. Possible value are: \fBnamed_curve\fR, i.e. the ec parameters are
  288. specified by an \s-1OID,\s0 or \fBexplicit\fR where the ec parameters are
  289. explicitly given (see \s-1RFC 3279\s0 for the definition of the
  290. \&\s-1EC\s0 parameters structures). The default value is \fBnamed_curve\fR.
  291. \&\fBNote\fR the \fBimplicitlyCA\fR alternative, as specified in \s-1RFC 3279,\s0
  292. is currently not implemented in OpenSSL.
  293. .SH "EXAMPLES"
  294. .IX Header "EXAMPLES"
  295. To remove the pass phrase on a private key:
  296. .PP
  297. .Vb 1
  298. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-out keyout.pem
  299. .Ve
  300. .PP
  301. To encrypt a private key using triple \s-1DES:\s0
  302. .PP
  303. .Vb 1
  304. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-des3 \-out keyout.pem
  305. .Ve
  306. .PP
  307. To convert a private key from \s-1PEM\s0 to \s-1DER\s0 format:
  308. .PP
  309. .Vb 1
  310. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-outform DER \-out keyout.der
  311. .Ve
  312. .PP
  313. To print out the components of a private key to standard output:
  314. .PP
  315. .Vb 1
  316. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-text \-noout
  317. .Ve
  318. .PP
  319. To print out the public components of a private key to standard output:
  320. .PP
  321. .Vb 1
  322. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-text_pub \-noout
  323. .Ve
  324. .PP
  325. To just output the public part of a private key:
  326. .PP
  327. .Vb 1
  328. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-pubout \-out pubkey.pem
  329. .Ve
  330. .PP
  331. To change the \s-1EC\s0 parameters encoding to \fBexplicit\fR:
  332. .PP
  333. .Vb 1
  334. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-ec_param_enc explicit \-out keyout.pem
  335. .Ve
  336. .PP
  337. To change the \s-1EC\s0 point conversion form to \fBcompressed\fR:
  338. .PP
  339. .Vb 1
  340. \& openssl pkey \-in key.pem \-ec_conv_form compressed \-out keyout.pem
  341. .Ve
  342. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  343. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  344. \&\fBopenssl\fR\|(1),
  345. \&\fBopenssl\-genpkey\fR\|(1),
  346. \&\fBopenssl\-rsa\fR\|(1),
  347. \&\fBopenssl\-pkcs8\fR\|(1),
  348. \&\fBopenssl\-dsa\fR\|(1),
  349. \&\fBopenssl\-genrsa\fR\|(1),
  350. \&\fBopenssl\-gendsa\fR\|(1)
  351. .SH "HISTORY"
  352. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  353. The \fB\-engine\fR option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  354. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  355. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  356. Copyright 2006\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  357. .PP
  358. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  359. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  360. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  361. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.